Sharks Overcome Late Scare to Eliminate Red Wings

The NHL Playoffs continued yesterday and the only game of the night saw the San Jose Sharks beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in San Jose to win the series 4-3. Niemi was in nets for the Sharks, while Howard was in nets for the Red Wings.

Setoguchi, Couture and Marleau got a goal each, Boyle got 2 assists and Thornton and Setoguchi got an assist each for the Sharks. Zetterberg and Datsyuk got a goal each and Filppula, Stuart and Ericsson got an assist each for the Red Wings.

The Sharks will play the Vancouver Canucks in the Western Conference Finals with Game 1 being on May 15th in Vancouver.